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Broadcaster, journalist (NUJ) Executive Producer πŸ“Ί πŸ“± πŸ’» 🌍 Ireland, Planet Earth. GenX https://linktr.ee/garethnews

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Global renewable energy generation surpasses coal for first time Record solar expansion and steady wind growth driving world’s shift away from fossil fuels in 2025, report finds The world’s wind and solar farms have generated more electricity than coal plants for the first time this year, marking a turning point for the global power system, according to research. A report by the climate thinktank Ember found that in the first six months of 2025, renewable energy outpaced the world’s growing appetite for electricity, leading to a small decline in coal and gas use. Continue reading...

Global renewable energy generation surpasses coal for first time

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Tuesday’s Irish Daily Mail #TomorrowsPapersToday

06.10.2025 22:07 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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Irish Independent Page 1
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06.10.2025 21:52 β€” πŸ‘ 2    πŸ” 2    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 3
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Tuesday’s Irish Sun #TomorrowsPapersToday

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Tuesday’s Irish Examiner #TomorrowsPapersToday

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Front The Echo in Cork #TomorrowsPapersToday

06.10.2025 21:38 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0

GardaΓ­ say a teenager has been injured in a shooting in the Bluebell area of Dublin

06.10.2025 21:28 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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Tuesday’s Daily Telegraph #TomorrowsPapersToday

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Tuesday’s Guardian P1 #TomorrowsPapersToday

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@tonightvmtv.bsky.social

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The Tonight Show has a special edition tonight to discuss the #Aras25 crisis @tonighvmtv.bsky.social

06.10.2025 21:04 β€” πŸ‘ 4    πŸ” 1    πŸ’¬ 6    πŸ“Œ 0

BBC 10pm: French PM resigns, Manchester attack, mobile phone theft gang, Lewis Moody MND diagnosis, Jilly Cooper RIP

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Trump: "Hamas now has been -- all I can say is they've been fine. They've been fine. I hope it's going to continue that way. I think it will. I really think we're gonna have a deal."

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New: Trump says he expects a Gaza peace deal soon

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Powerful and distressing report from Afghanistan

06.10.2025 20:36 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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Western Daily Press: 'A legend in her own lifetime' #TomorrowsPapersToday

06.10.2025 20:18 β€” πŸ‘ 3    πŸ” 1    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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Front LibΓ©ration in France #TomorrowsPapersToday

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πŸ”΄πŸ‡ΊπŸ‡¦ Russia targets the city of Kharkiv tonight, for the past half hour we have been under attack, over twenty explosions have already been heard.

Authorities say several fires already broke out in the city, with more drones approaching.

06.10.2025 20:06 β€” πŸ‘ 23    πŸ” 10    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

One underappreciated downside of GavinGate is that we may be deprived of the services of FF Tallymen this time. And the FF tallys are always the most reliable.

06.10.2025 19:58 β€” πŸ‘ 16    πŸ” 2    πŸ’¬ 4    πŸ“Œ 0

β€˜The World’ with Yalda Hakim coming live from Jerusalem tonight on Sky

06.10.2025 20:03 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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Here’s your Tuesday press preview, starting with FT πŸ“° #TomorrowsPapersToday

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β€œRepeatedly Jim was asked had you ever any issue with a tenant, and he said absolutely not” - MicheΓ‘l Martin tells RTÉ’s Six One.

He claims β€œvery comprehensive” due diligence was done with his selection.

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Taoiseach: β€œJim made the decision himself” (to quit)

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Taoiseach on Six-One πŸ“Ί

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A crowd hold banners in support of the Global Sumud Flotilla in the arrivals area of Athens International Airport on October 6, 2025, as they await the return of activists who were aboard vessels from the Gaza-bound aid flotilla

A crowd hold banners in support of the Global Sumud Flotilla in the arrivals area of Athens International Airport on October 6, 2025, as they await the return of activists who were aboard vessels from the Gaza-bound aid flotilla

File photo shows Swedish climate activist Greta Thunberg (3L) with pro-Palestinian activists who arrived to greet the Global Sumud Flotilla in the Tunisian village of Sidi Bou Said on September 7, 2025

File photo shows Swedish climate activist Greta Thunberg (3L) with pro-Palestinian activists who arrived to greet the Global Sumud Flotilla in the Tunisian village of Sidi Bou Said on September 7, 2025

Israel said it deported 171 more activists on Monday who were detained while taking part in an aid flotilla bound for Gaza, including Swedish campaigner Greta Thunberg ➑️ u.afp.com/SmGR

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Supreme Court rejects appeal from Ghislaine Maxwell, imprisoned former girlfriend of Jeffrey Epstein The Supreme Court has rejected an appeal from Ghislaine Maxwell, the imprisoned ex-girlfriend of Jeffrey Epstein.

BREAKING: The Supreme Court rejects an appeal from Ghislaine Maxwell, the imprisoned former girlfriend of Jeffrey Epstein.

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ManchΓ‘n Magan was 'fear lΓ‘n d'iontas', funeral hears The family and friends of broadcaster and scrΓ­bhneoir ManchΓ‘n Magan have gathered at his funeral at the chapel in Gonzaga College, his former school in Dublin.

www.rte.ie/news/2025/10...

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News: Israel says it has deported activist Greta Thunberg

06.10.2025 12:55 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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Paramount Buys The Free Press, Ushering in New Era at CBS News

It's official: Paramount is buying The Free Press for $150 million and making Bari Weiss the editor in chief of CBS News
www.nytimes.com/2025/10/06/b...

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News: GardaΓ­ are investigating the discovery of a body in a car in North County Dublin

06.10.2025 12:05 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

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